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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: There are two aspects to this question. The first part is that the Minister recently announced a review of the community employment scheme. I would like an update on the review. Second, has the Minister read the Indecon report? Is she aware of its recommendations on the local employment service, LES, and has she taken any decision on the matter yet?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I am glad that the Minister is committed because my information is that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is directing people away from community employment schemes to keep Turas Nua and Seetec fed. It is to keep that monster fed. When does the Minister expect to be in a position to make a decision on the future of community employment schemes? Does she intend to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: If that is the case and it is the Minister's intention that the LES should continue for years into the future and knowing as I do that the LES would not be able to compete properly or not at all if it was opened up to private tender, will she confirm this and give us that reassurance in order that there will not be any question about the work being tendered for privately? Will she also...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Tell us what it is

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Would the Minister prefer to retain responsibility in her Department?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: With respect, the Minister has not got the best advice. She is talking about protecting people from themselves. People here make the decisions and I suggest to the Minister that the only consequence of not allowing a derogation here, as was arranged by Brian Hayes in Europe, is that these people will be driven into the hands of the larger companies where there will be less transparency and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the EU IORP II directive; if a derogation for smaller and single member pension schemes will be applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8051/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: The directive is designed to protect the beneficiaries of pension schemes by requiring better qualifications among trustees and controlling how the money is to be invested. A derogation is possible, but has the Government set its face against the notion of one for smaller and single member pension schemes and, if so, why?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Minister aware that, under the IORP I directive which was designed to do the same thing, the then Government agreed to a derogation for this type of scheme, in particular, on the basis that a one-size-fits-all model did not work? Is she aware that her colleague in the European Parliament, Mr. Brian Hayes, MEP, confirmed at a meeting on 29 January with the association representing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment scheme in view of the fact that the proposals put forward by her Department were criticised during the public consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8050/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all those who qualify for a revised contributory pension will be paid the revised amount back dated to March 2018 by the end of the first quarter of 2019; if those affected by same can provide the necessary information in writing rather than online; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new national action plan for social inclusion 2018 to 2021 will be published; the reason it has not been published to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8047/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to extend jobseeker's benefit to the self-employed; if illness benefit will be extended to the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8048/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) as an example of delays in rechecking leaving certificate examination results; the steps he is taking in regard to accelerating the rechecking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8171/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the drug Spinraza for availability under the general medical services system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be made available in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8488/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the construction of the proposed motorway between counties Limerick and Cork; the projected date it will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals to JobPath, community employment schemes and Tús in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8230/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (19 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of operating community employment schemes, JobPath, Tús and local employment services in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8231/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome Professor Doherty and thank him very much for his very interesting presentation. Significant consequences flow from the category an individual falls into, be he or she an employee or self-employed. Professor Doherty mentioned the usual cases. I thank him for drawing attention to the anti-competitive scenario, where, if somebody is classed as self-employed, he or she is not...